JP6916904B2 - Terminal devices, transponders, billing systems, billing methods, and billing programs - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to terminal devices, transponders, billing systems, billing methods, and billing programs.

In recent years, a technique has been developed in which a user who uses a vehicle uses a terminal device such as a mobile phone when paying a fee for the vehicle. For example, in Patent Document 1, a mobile phone owned by a vehicle user communicates with a server connected to a mobile phone company's system via a dedicated gate provided on a toll road such as an expressway. A technology for collecting toll road usage fees from users via a mobile phone company is disclosed.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-187281

However, in the conventional technology of paying a fee related to a vehicle using a terminal device such as a mobile phone owned by the user of the vehicle, the vehicle actually used by the user is different from the vehicle registered in advance. Even in some cases, it is not possible to recognize that the vehicles are different. Therefore, there is a possibility that an erroneous charge for a vehicle different from the one actually used may be collected from the user. Therefore, there is a demand for a technology that can correctly associate a vehicle with a terminal device owned by a vehicle user and accurately collect a vehicle charge from the vehicle user.

In view of the above problems, the present invention provides a terminal device, a transponder, which can correctly associate a vehicle with a terminal device owned by a vehicle user and can accurately collect a vehicle charge from the vehicle user. It provides a billing system, a billing method, and a billing program.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the terminal device (20) owned by the user (U) of the vehicle (2), and the transponder (10) mounted on the vehicle to be used is uniquely used. While the identification ID receiving unit (201) that receives the identifiable identification ID, the identified transponder, and the terminal device communicate with each other and cooperate with each other, the charge determination information for determining the charge related to the vehicle. The charge determination information acquisition unit (202) that acquires the charge from the transponder, the charge determination unit (203) that determines the charge based on the acquired charge determination information, the determined charge, and the above. It includes a billing information transmission processing unit (204) that associates with a payment account ID recorded in advance in the terminal device and transmits it to the service system management server (3).
In this way, the transponder can be identified by accepting an identification ID that can uniquely identify the transponder mounted on the vehicle used by the user, thereby identifying the vehicle associated with the transponder on a one-to-one basis. can do. Therefore, since the vehicle used by the user is identified, the charge related to the vehicle is determined, and the determined charge is associated with the payment account ID of the user, the vehicle and the terminal device owned by the user of the vehicle are associated with each other. Can be correctly associated with, and the toll related to the vehicle can be accurately collected from the user of the vehicle.

Further, according to the second aspect of the present invention, in the terminal device (20) according to the first aspect of the present invention, the charge determination information is the vehicle (2) being used by the user (U). Includes at least one of the travel route, mileage, vehicle type, license plate information, and vehicle inspection information.
By doing so, since the charge related to the vehicle is determined based on the detailed information of the vehicle, the charge related to the vehicle can be accurately determined.

Further, according to the third aspect of the present invention, in the terminal device (20) according to the first aspect or the second aspect of the present invention, the charge determination information acquisition unit (202) is identified. While the transponder (10) and the terminal device communicate with each other and cooperate with each other, the charge determination information is periodically acquired from the transponder.
By doing so, by acquiring the charge determination information from the transponder, the terminal device does not perform the process of preparing the charge determination information such as calculation, data conversion, and determination of the charge determination information, and the transponder does not perform the process. Can perform the processing, and the load of the terminal device can be distributed to the transponder.

Further, according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, in the terminal device (20) according to any one of the first to third aspects of the present invention, the charge determination unit is the transponder and the said. When the cooperation with the terminal device is completed, the charge is determined .
By doing so, the terminal device acquires the charge determination information from the service system management server instead of the transponder, so that the transponder does not have to provide a function to store the charge determination information, and the transponder. The cost can be reduced.

Further, according to a fifth aspect of the present invention, an identification ID that is a transponder (10) mounted on the vehicle (2) and stores an identification ID that can uniquely identify the transponder mounted on the vehicle. A storage unit (101), an identification ID transmission processing unit (102) that transmits the identification ID to a terminal device (20) owned by the user (U) of the vehicle, and a charge for determining the vehicle. A charge determination information storage unit that stores charge determination information and a charge determination information transmission processing unit that transmits the charge determination information to the terminal device while the terminal device and the transponder are linked. Be prepared.
By doing so, the identification ID that can uniquely identify the transponder mounted on the vehicle is stored in the transponder, and the transponder is transmitted to the terminal device owned by the user of the vehicle. It can be identified and the vehicle associated with the transponder on a one-to-one basis can be identified. This allows the terminal device to correctly identify the vehicle.

Further, according to the sixth aspect of the present invention, in the transponder (10) according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the terminal device and the transponder are linked to the charge determination information transmission processing unit. Meanwhile, the charge determination information is periodically transmitted to the terminal device .
By doing so, the transponder stores the charge determination information and transmits it to the terminal device, so that the terminal device determines and stores the travel route and the travel speed of the vehicle included in the charge determination information. The transponder can be made to perform the processing without performing the processing, and the load of the terminal device can be distributed to the transponder.

Further, according to the seventh aspect of the present invention, in the transponder (10) according to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the charge determination information is the vehicle (2) being used by the user (U). ) Includes at least one of the travel route, mileage, vehicle type, license plate information, and vehicle inspection information.
By doing so, since the charge related to the vehicle is determined based on the detailed information of the vehicle, the charge related to the vehicle can be accurately determined.

Further, according to the eighth aspect of the present invention, the billing system includes the terminal device (20) according to any one of the first to fourth aspects of the present invention and the fifth aspect of the present invention. The transponder (10) according to any one of the seventh aspects from the aspect is provided.

Further, according to the ninth aspect of the present invention, it is a billing method using a terminal device owned by a vehicle user, and an identification ID that can uniquely identify a transponder mounted on the vehicle to be used. While the identified ID receiving step and the identified transponder and the terminal device communicate with each other and cooperate with each other, the charge determination for acquiring the charge determination information for determining the charge related to the vehicle from the transponder is performed. The charge information acquisition step, the charge determination step for determining the charge based on the acquired charge determination information, the determined charge, and the payment account ID recorded in advance in the terminal device are associated with each other. It includes a billing information transmission processing step to be transmitted to the service system management server.

Further, according to the tenth aspect of the present invention, an identification ID that receives an identification ID that can uniquely identify a transponder mounted on a vehicle to be used by a computer as a terminal device owned by a vehicle user. While the reception unit, the identified transponder, and the terminal device communicate with each other and cooperate with each other, the charge determination information acquisition unit that acquires the charge determination information for determining the charge related to the vehicle from the transponder. The service system management by associating the charge determination unit that determines the charge based on the acquired information for charge determination, the determined charge, and the payment account ID recorded in advance in the terminal device. It functions as a billing information transmission processing unit to be transmitted to the server.

According to the terminal device, transponder, billing system, billing method, and billing program described above, the vehicle can be correctly associated with the terminal device owned by the vehicle user, and the vehicle user charges the vehicle. It can be collected accurately.

It is the schematic which shows the overall structure of the billing system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram explaining the functional structure of the billing system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the operation of the transponder and the terminal apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram explaining the functional structure of the billing system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the operation of the transponder and the terminal apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the structure of the computer which concerns on at least one Embodiment.

<First Embodiment>
Hereinafter, the first embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. The same or corresponding configurations are designated by the same reference numerals in all drawings, and common description will be omitted.

(Overall configuration of the billing system according to the first embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing the overall configuration of the billing system 1 according to the first embodiment. The overall configuration of the billing system 1 according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the billing system 1 includes a transponder 10 mounted on the vehicle 2, a terminal device 20 owned by a user U who uses the vehicle 2, a service system management server 3, and a payment account management server 4. ing. In the first embodiment, the case where the expression "user U uses vehicle 2" means "user U rides in vehicle 2 and drives" will be described, but "user U" will be described. The expression "uses vehicle 2" means that "user U receives the tax service of vehicle 2 which is a taxi" and "user U receives the vehicle dispatch application system of vehicle 2 related to the vehicle dispatch application system". "Getting the service", "Getting the rent-a-car service of the vehicle 2 where the user U is a rent-a-car", and "Getting the automatic driving service of the vehicle 2 where the user U is a self-driving car" This means all other situations in which the user U uses the vehicle 2. Further, in the first embodiment, the case where the expression "user U" means a human being will be described, but the "user U" means a non-human, for example, an "automatic driving device". You may.

As will be described later, the service system management server 3 is a management server that manages a service system that provides a specific service to the user U who uses the vehicle 2. Further, the payment account management server 4 is connected to the service system management server 3, and is a management server that manages the payment account of the user U, as will be described later. For the sake of simplification of the explanation, although only one service system management server 3 is shown in FIG. 1, even if a plurality of service system management servers 3 of different service systems that provide different services are provided. good.

In the first embodiment, the transponder 10 mounted on the vehicle 2 receives radio waves from a plurality of satellites 5 of GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System), calculates the position of the vehicle 2, and determines the position. It may be configured to do so. The transponder 10 is integrated with the vehicle 2 and is configured so that it cannot be removed or replaced. For example, the transponder 10 may be fixed with a fixture such as a Kensington wire so that it cannot be physically removed from the vehicle 2. Further, for example, the transponder 10 may be authenticated by using RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), and may be configured so that it can be detected by software that it has been removed from the vehicle 2 by a tamper function or the like of RFID technology.

The terminal device 20 is a smartphone, a mobile phone, a PDA terminal, other communicable mobile electronic devices, etc. owned by the user U of the vehicle 2, and executes a program so that an application can be installed and started as described later. , Memory, and arithmetic may be possible. In the first embodiment, a case where the terminal device 20 is a smartphone will be described. The terminal device 20 may include a user interface for displaying lights, images, marks, etc., voice recognition, sound functions, and the like. The terminal device 20 is configured to be able to communicate with the transponder 10 mounted on the vehicle 2 as described later. Further, as will be described later, the terminal device 20 is configured to be able to communicate with the service system management server 3 via a communication network N such as a 3G line network, a 4G line network, and an LTE line network.

The service system management server 3 is a management server that manages a service system that provides a specific service used by the user U who uses the vehicle 2. In the first embodiment, a case where the service system management server 3 is an ETC system integrated server that manages an expressway service system that provides an expressway service such as payment of an expressway toll will be described. However, the service system management server 3 may be a service system management server that manages a service system other than the expressway. For example, the service system management server 3 may be a parking lot system integration server, an ERP system integration server, a taxi system integration server, a vehicle dispatch application system system integration server, an autonomous vehicle system integration server, or the like. ..

The service system management server 3 communicates with the terminal device 20 owned by the user U of the vehicle 2, and as will be described later, charges related to the vehicle 2 used by the user U for a predetermined service from the terminal device 20. , It is configured to receive billing information associated with a payment account ID stored in advance in the terminal device 20. In the first embodiment, a case where the predetermined service is a highway service and the toll for the vehicle 2 used by the user U is a toll on the highway will be described, but depending on the service to be used, For example, it may be a parking lot usage fee, an ERP billing fee, a taxi usage fee, a vehicle dispatch application system usage fee, an autonomous vehicle usage fee, and the like. The service system management server 3 is configured to transmit the received billing information to the payment account management server 4.

When the payment account management server 4 receives the billing information of the user U from the service system management server 3, the billing information is sent to the system (not shown) of a financial institution such as a bank or a credit card company with which the user U has a contract. Is configured to send. As a result, the system side of the financial institution performs payment processing of the fee related to the vehicle 2 used by the user U for the predetermined service. The payment account management server 4 is configured to notify the usage statement of the charge related to the vehicle 2 used by the user U after transmitting the billing information to the system of the financial institution.

(Functional configuration of the billing system according to the first embodiment)
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the billing system 1 according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2 shows a detailed functional configuration of the transponder 10, the terminal device 20, and the service system management server 3 included in the billing system 1. The functional configurations of the transponder 10, the terminal device 20, and the service system management server 3 included in the billing system 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

<Transponder function configuration>
The transponder 10 includes an identification ID storage unit 101, an identification ID transmission processing unit 102, a charge determination information storage unit 103, a charge determination information transmission processing unit 104, a vehicle information management unit 105, a radio wave reception interface 110, and a communication interface 120. Be prepared.

The identification ID storage unit 101 is configured to store an identification ID that can uniquely identify the transponder 10 mounted on the vehicle 2. For example, the identification ID is a unique character including at least one of a number, an alphabet, a symbol, etc. that is uniquely assigned to the transponder 10 in association with the serial number of the vehicle 2 on which the transponder 10 is mounted. It can be a row. Thereby, it is possible to identify the vehicle 2 on which the transponder 10 is mounted from the identification ID of the transponder 10. Information indicating the association between the transponder 10 and the serial number of the vehicle 2 may be held by a specific organization such as the manufacturer of the transponder 10.

The identification ID transmission processing unit 102 acquires the identification ID stored in the identification ID storage unit 101, and performs a transmission process of transmitting the identification ID stored in the identification ID storage unit 101 to the terminal device 20 owned by the user U of the vehicle 2 via the communication interface 120. It is configured in.

The charge determination information storage unit 103 is configured to store charge determination information for determining the charge related to the vehicle 2. In the first embodiment, a case where the charge determination information includes the travel route, mileage, vehicle type, license plate information, vehicle inspection information, etc. of the vehicle 2 being used by the user U will be described, but for charge determination. The information may be other information for determining the charge for the vehicle 2. The travel route and mileage of the vehicle 2 are determined by the vehicle information management unit 105, which will be described later, and may be periodically stored in the charge determination information storage unit 103, for example. Further, the vehicle type, license plate information, and vehicle inspection information of the vehicle 2 may be stored in the charge determination information storage unit 103 in advance before the transponder 10 is mounted on the vehicle 2, for example.

The charge determination information transmission processing unit 104 acquires the charge determination information stored in the charge determination information storage unit 103, and the charge determination information acquired while the terminal device 20 and the transponder 10 are linked. Is configured to be transmitted to the terminal device 20 owned by the user U of the vehicle 2 via the communication interface 120. Specifically, in the first embodiment, the charge determination information transmission processing unit 104 receives a reception notification signal indicating that the transponder 10 has been received from the identification ID reception unit 201 of the terminal device 20 via the communication interface 120. Then, the cooperation between the transponder 10 and the terminal device 20 is started, and the information for determining the charge is acquired and transmitted to the terminal device 20. After that, until the connection between the transponder 10 and the terminal device 20 is disconnected, the charge determination information transmission processing unit 104 may periodically acquire the charge determination information and transmit the charge determination information to the terminal device 20. The charge determination information transmission processing unit 104 may acquire the charge determination information and transmit it to the terminal device 20 on an irregular basis.

The vehicle information management unit 105 is configured to manage the vehicle information of the vehicle 2. For example, the vehicle information management unit 105 periodically calculates the current position of the vehicle 2 based on the information of the radio wave from the GNSS satellite 5 received via the radio wave receiving interface 110, and the calculated change in the current position of the vehicle 2. The traveling route and traveling speed of the vehicle 2 may be determined from the amount. The vehicle information management unit 105 may store the determined travel route and travel speed of the vehicle 2 in the charge determination information storage unit 103 as charge determination information.

The radio wave receiving interface 110 is configured to receive radio waves from the GNSS satellite 5.

The communication interface 120 is an interface that enables communication between the transponder 10 and the terminal device 20. In the first embodiment, the case where the communication interface 120 is configured to perform wireless communication conforming to the Bluetooth (Bluetooth®) standard between the transponder 10 and the terminal device 20, for example, will be described. However, it may be configured to perform wireless communication according to other standards such as infrared communication and WiFi communication. Further, the communication interface 120 may be configured so that wired communication is performed between the transponder 10 and the terminal device 20, for example.

<Functional configuration of terminal device>
The terminal device 20 includes an identification ID reception unit 201, a charge determination information acquisition unit 202, a charge determination unit 203, a charge information transmission processing unit 204, a setting information storage unit 205, a first communication interface 210, and a second communication interface. 220 is provided. In the first embodiment, an application that cooperates with the service system management server 3 is installed in the terminal device 20 that is a smartphone, and this application is installed in the identification ID reception unit 201, the charge determination information acquisition unit 202, the charge determination unit 203, and the like. And may function as the billing information transmission processing unit 204. The identification ID reception unit 201, the charge determination information acquisition unit 202, the charge determination unit 203, and the charge information transmission processing unit 204 may be provided in the terminal device 20 from the beginning without being introduced as an application.

In the first embodiment, the case where the application installed on the terminal device 20 is an application for providing a highway service will be described, but the application installed on the terminal device 20 is specified to be used by the user U. It may be another application according to the service of. The application is started by the user U operating the terminal device 20 which is a smartphone and inputting the application start command to the terminal device 20. Similarly, when the user U inputs the terminal device 20 service start command, the service of the application is started, and when the user U inputs the service end command, the service of the application is terminated.

The identification ID receiving unit 201 is configured to receive the identification ID transmitted from the transponder 10 mounted on the vehicle 2 to be used by the user U and received via the first communication interface 210. When the identification ID receiving unit 201 receives the identification ID, the transponder 10 mounted on the vehicle 2 used by the user U is identified, and therefore the vehicle 2 associated with the transponder 10 on a one-to-one basis is identified. The identification ID reception unit 201 is configured to transmit a reception notification signal indicating that the identification ID of the transponder 10 mounted on the vehicle 2 used by the user U has been received to the transponder 10 via the first communication interface 210. Has been done.

The charge determination information acquisition unit 202 is configured to acquire charge determination information for determining the charge related to the vehicle 2 while the terminal device 20 and the transponder 10 are linked. In the first embodiment, the charge determination information acquisition unit 202 receives the charge determination information transmitted from the transponder 10 mounted on the vehicle 2 via the first communication interface 210 to determine the charge. Information may be obtained. The charge determination information acquisition unit 202 is configured to input the acquired charge determination information to the charge determination unit 203. In the first embodiment, a case where the charge determination information acquisition unit 202 periodically acquires the charge determination information periodically transmitted from the charge determination information transmission processing unit 104 of the transponder 10 will be described. The charge determination information acquisition unit 202 may acquire the charge determination information irregularly.

The charge determination unit 203 is configured to determine the charge of the vehicle 2 based on the charge determination information acquired by the charge determination information acquisition unit 202. In the first embodiment, a case where the charge determination unit 203 determines the charge of the vehicle 2 based on the charge determination information at the timing when the service end command of the application is input to the terminal device 20 from the user U will be described. However, the charge determination unit 203 may determine the charge of the vehicle 2 at other timings. For example, at the timing when the charge determination information acquisition unit 202 periodically acquires the charge determination information and inputs the charge determination information to the charge determination unit 203, the charge determination unit 203 periodically charges the vehicle 2. You may decide. The charge determination unit 203 is configured to input the determined charge information to the charge information transmission processing unit 204.

When the charge information determined by the charge determination unit 203 is input, the charge information transmission processing unit 204 acquires the payment account ID of the user U stored in advance in the setting information storage unit 205, and charges information. Is configured to be associated with the payment account ID and transmitted as billing information to the service system management server 3.

The setting information storage unit 205 is configured to store the payment account ID of the user U holding the terminal device 20. In the first embodiment, for example, when the application is installed on the terminal device 20, the user U inputs his / her own payment account ID into the terminal device 20, so that the user U's payment account is stored in the setting information storage unit 205. The ID may be stored.

The first communication interface 210 is an interface that enables communication between the transponder 10 and the terminal device 20. The first communication interface 210 is configured to perform communication conforming to the same standard as the communication interface 120 of the transponder 10 described above. In the first embodiment, for example, wireless communication conforming to the Bluetooth (Bluetooth®) standard is performed between the transponder 10 and the terminal device 20, but the same applies to the communication interface 120. It may be configured to perform wireless communication according to other standards such as infrared communication and WiFi communication. Further, the first communication interface 210 may be configured such that wired communication is performed between the transponder 10 and the terminal device 20, for example.

The second communication interface 220 is an interface that enables communication between the terminal device 20 and the service system management server 3. In the first embodiment, the second communication interface 220 is connected to a communication network N such as a 3G line network, a 4G line network, and an LTE line network, and is connected to the service system management server 3 via the communication network N. It is configured to be able to communicate.

(Processing flow of operation of transponder and terminal device according to the first embodiment)
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the transponder 10 and the terminal device 20 according to the first embodiment. The operation of the transponder 10 and the terminal device 20 according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 shows the processes performed by the transponder 10 and the terminal device 20 together with the processes of the user U, the service system management server 3, and the payment account management server 4.

The user U of the vehicle 2 in or near the vehicle 2 owns the user U before entering the expressway in order to pay the toll of the expressway traveling on the expressway using the terminal device 20. Operate the smartphone (terminal device 20) and input an activation command of an application that provides a highway service (step S101). As a result, the application installed in the terminal device 20 is started (step S102). Next, when the user U operates the terminal device 20 and inputs the service start command of the application (step S103), the service of the application is started (step S104). In the first embodiment, the user U inputs the service start command of the service for paying the toll of the expressway traveling by the vehicle 2 by using the terminal device 20, and thus pays the toll of the expressway. Service will be started.

Next, a wireless communication connection process conforming to the Bluetooth (Bluetooth®) standard is performed between the first communication interface 210 of the terminal device 20 and the communication interface 120 of the transponder 10 mounted on the vehicle 2. This is performed (step S105), and the terminal device 20 and the transponder 10 are connected to enable communication. Here, for example, when there is a terminal device 20 and a vehicle capable of wireless communication conforming to the Bluetooth (Bluetooth (registered trademark)) standard in the vicinity other than the vehicle 2 used by the user U, the terminal device The application of 20 requests the user U to select the vehicle 2 to be used, and the application makes the first communication interface 210 connect the transponder 10 of the selected vehicle 2 and the terminal device 20. It may be configured to give instructions.

The identification ID transmission processing unit 102 of the transponder 10 acquires the identification ID of the transponder 10 from the identification ID storage unit 101, and transmits the acquired identification ID to the terminal device 20 via the communication interface 120 (step S106).

The identification ID receiving unit 201 of the terminal device 20 receives the identification ID transmitted from the transponder 10 and received via the first communication interface 210 (step S107). As a result, the transponder 10 mounted on the vehicle 2 on which the user U is boarding is identified. After receiving the identification ID of the transponder 10, the identification ID reception unit 201 transmits a reception notification signal to the transponder 10 via the first communication interface 210 (step S108).

When the charge determination information transmission processing unit 104 of the transponder 10 receives the reception notification signal from the identification ID reception unit 201 of the terminal device 20 via the communication interface 120 (step S109), the transponder 10 and the terminal device 20 are linked. It will be started. The transponder 10 and the terminal device 20 are linked, for example, after mutual authentication is performed between the transponder 10 and the terminal device 20 by wireless communication conforming to the Bluetooth (Bluetooth (registered trademark)) standard. The person U may start by reading the QR code (registered trademark) using the terminal device 20. Next, the charge determination information transmission processing unit 104 acquires the charge determination information stored in the charge determination information storage unit 103, and transfers the acquired charge determination information to the terminal device 20 via the communication interface 120. Transmit (step S110). Further, in the first embodiment, specifically, the toll determination information is used as information necessary for determining the toll for the expressway on which the vehicle 2 of the user U travels, as will be described later. It includes the travel route, mileage, vehicle type, license plate information, and vehicle inspection information of the vehicle 2 being used by U.

The charge determination information acquisition unit 202 communicates with the transponder 10 to acquire charge determination information (step S111). More specifically, the charge determination information acquisition unit 202 receives the charge determination information transmitted from the charge determination information transmission processing unit 104 of the transponder 10 via the first communication interface 210 to determine the charge. Get information for As shown in FIG. 3, in the first embodiment, the steps S110 and S111 may be periodically performed while the transponder 10 and the terminal device 20 are in cooperation with each other.

Of the charge determination information stored in the charge determination information storage unit 103 of the transponder 10, the vehicle type, license plate information, and vehicle inspection information of the vehicle 2 are stored in advance in the charge determination information storage unit 103. The contents do not change. On the other hand, among the charge determination information stored in the charge determination information storage unit 103 of the transponder 10, the travel route and mileage of the vehicle 2 are received by the vehicle information management unit 105 via the radio wave reception interface 110. It may be determined periodically based on the information of the radio wave from the GNSS satellite 5, stored in the charge determination information storage unit 103, and the contents may be updated.

In the first embodiment, the vehicle 2 used by the user U after the user U operates the terminal device 20 and the service for paying the toll on the expressway is started as described above (step S104). The travel route and mileage of the vehicle 2 in the toll determination information stored in the toll determination information storage unit 103 of the transponder 10 may be updated periodically while the vehicle is traveling on the expressway. .. Therefore, as described above, the charge determination information acquired by the charge determination information acquisition unit 202 of the terminal device 20 from the charge determination information storage unit 103 of the transponder 10 may be periodically updated.

The user U operates the terminal device 20 at the timing of paying the toll for the expressway, for example, after the vehicle 2 used by the user U leaves the expressway, and the toll for the expressway of the application. Enter the service termination command of the service for paying (step S112). When the service termination command of the application is input from the user U, the charge determination unit 203 of the terminal device 20 determines the charge of the vehicle 2 based on the charge determination information acquired by the charge determination information acquisition unit 202 (). Step S113).

In the first embodiment, for example, among the fare determination information most recently input by the fare determination information acquisition unit 202, the fare determination unit 203 uses the fare determination unit 203 based on the travel route and mileage of the vehicle 2. The toll on the expressway on which the vehicle 2 used by U travels may be calculated. Further, if necessary, among the toll determination information input by the toll determination information acquisition unit 202, the vehicle type, license plate information, and vehicle inspection information of the vehicle 2 may be used for calculating the toll on the expressway. For example , the "vehicle type" included in the toll determination information is "ordinary vehicle", and the "travel route" and "mileage" included in the toll determination information are "vehicle 2 is predetermined from a predetermined entrance of the expressway". In the case of indicating that "the vehicle is traveling a distance of 100 km to the exit", the toll determination unit 203 has traveled the vehicle 2 with the toll applied when the ordinary vehicle travels a distance of 100 km on the highway. It may be determined as a toll on the highway. The charge determination unit 203 inputs the determined charge information to the charge information transmission processing unit 204.

When the charge information determined by the charge determination unit 203 is input, the charge information transmission processing unit 204 of the terminal device 20 acquires the payment account ID of the user U stored in advance in the setting information storage unit 205. , The charge information is associated with the payment account ID and transmitted as billing information to the service system management server 3 (step S114). As shown in FIG. 5, the billing information is transmitted from the billing information transmission processing unit 204 of the terminal device 20 to the service system management server 3 via the second communication interface 220.

On the other hand, a wireless communication connection disconnection process is performed between the first communication interface 210 of the terminal device 20 and the communication interface 120 of the transponder 10 mounted on the vehicle 2 (step S115), and the terminal device 20 and the transponder are connected. The connection with 10 is disconnected. As a result, the cooperation between the transponder 10 and the terminal device 20 is completed. Further, the service of the application of the terminal device 20 is completed and terminated (step S116). In the first embodiment, when the service termination command of the application is input from the user U (step S112), the charge determination process (step S113) and the charge information transmission process (step S114) are performed. However, for example, the wireless communication connection between the transponder 10 and the terminal device 20 is disconnected at a distance of a certain distance or more from the vehicle 2 used by the user U, and the connection disconnection process (step S115) is performed. If this is done, the charge determination process (step S113) and the charge information transmission process (step S114) may be performed.

The service system management server 3 receives from the terminal device 20 information on the toll of the expressway associated with the payment account ID of the user U as billing information (step S117). Next, the service system management server 3 transmits the received billing information to the payment account management server 4 (step S118).

When the payment account management server 4 receives the billing information from the service system management server 3 (step S119), for example, the system of the financial institution contracted by the user U based on the payment account ID included in the billing information. The billing information is transmitted to (not shown) (step S120). As a result, in the system of the financial institution (not shown), the payment processing of the toll of the user U's expressway is performed based on the billing information. Next, the payment account management server 4 notifies the user U of the usage statement in which the details of the payment of the toll for the expressway of the user U are described (step S121). This notification may be made, for example, by sending an e-mail to the user U, or may be made by other methods such as posting on a specific WEB site.

(Action, effect)
As described above, the terminal device 20 included in the billing system 1 according to the first embodiment includes an identification ID receiving unit 201 that receives an identification ID that can uniquely identify the transponder 10 mounted on the vehicle 2 to be used. , The charge determination information acquisition unit 202 that acquires the charge determination information for determining the charge related to the vehicle 2, and the charge determination unit 203 that determines the charge based on the acquired charge determination information. It is provided with a billing information transmission processing unit 204 that associates the charges with the payment account ID recorded in advance in the terminal device and transmits the charges to the service system management server.
In this way, the transponder 10 can be identified by accepting an identification ID that can uniquely identify the transponder 10 mounted on the vehicle 2 used by the user U, whereby the transponder 10 is associated with the transponder 10 on a one-to-one basis. The vehicle 2 can be identified. Therefore, after identifying the vehicle 2 used by the user U, the charge related to the vehicle 2 is determined, and the determined charge is associated with the payment account ID of the user U. Therefore, the vehicle 2 and the vehicle 2 are used. The terminal device 20 owned by the person U can be correctly associated with the user U, and the charge related to the vehicle 2 can be accurately collected from the user U of the vehicle 2.

Further, by using an identification ID that can uniquely identify the transponder 10 and linking the transponder 10 with the terminal device 20 owned by the user U of the vehicle 2, the charge for determining the charge related to the vehicle 2 is determined. Functions such as a determination unit can be provided in the terminal device 20 instead of the transponder 10. As a result, the cost of the transponder 10 can be reduced as compared with the case where the transponder 10 is provided with the function of the charge determination unit 203 or the like. Further, for example, when the terminal device 20 is a smartphone or the like, the cost of the terminal device 20 can be suppressed by providing the application installed in the terminal device 20 with a function such as a charge determination unit.

Further, in the terminal device 20 included in the billing system 1 according to the first embodiment, the charge determination information includes the travel route, mileage, vehicle type, license plate information, and vehicle inspection information of the vehicle 2 being used by the user U. Includes at least one of.
In this way, since the charge for the vehicle 2 is determined based on the detailed information of the vehicle 2, the charge for the vehicle 2 can be accurately determined.

Further, in the billing system 1 according to the first embodiment, the charge determination information acquisition unit 202 communicates with the identified transponder 10 to acquire charge determination information.
In this way, by acquiring the charge determination information from the transponder 10, the terminal device 20 does not perform the process of preparing the charge determination information such as calculation, data conversion, and determination of the charge determination information. The transponder 10 can be made to perform the processing, and the load of the terminal device 20 can be distributed to the transponder 10.

Further, the transponder 10 included in the billing system 1 according to the first embodiment has an identification ID storage unit 101 that stores an identification ID that can uniquely identify the transponder 10 mounted on the vehicle 2, and a terminal device 20 that stores the identification ID. The identification ID transmission processing unit 102 to be transmitted to the user is provided.
In this way, the transponder 10 stores the identification ID that can uniquely identify the transponder 10 mounted on the vehicle 2, and transmits the identification ID to the terminal device 20 owned by the user U of the vehicle 2, thereby transmitting the transponder 20 to the terminal device 20. Can identify the transponder 10 and can identify the vehicle 2 associated with the transponder 10 on a one-to-one basis. As a result, the terminal device 20 can correctly identify the vehicle 2.

Further, the transponder 10 included in the billing system 1 according to the first embodiment stores the charge determination information storage unit 103 for storing the charge determination information for determining the charge for the vehicle 2 and the charge determination information. It further includes a charge determination information transmission processing unit 104 to be transmitted to the terminal device 20.
In this way, the transponder 10 stores the charge determination information and transmits it to the terminal device 20, so that the terminal device 20 determines the travel route and the travel speed of the vehicle 2 included in the charge determination information. The transponder 10 can be made to perform the processing without performing the storage processing, and the load of the terminal device 20 can be distributed to the transponder 10.

<Second embodiment>
FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the billing system 1 according to the second embodiment. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the transponder 10 and the terminal device 20 according to the second embodiment. The billing system 1 according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. Unless otherwise specified, each component included in the billing system 1 according to the second embodiment is configured and functions in the same manner as each component included in the billing system 1 according to the first embodiment. Therefore, duplicate explanations will be omitted.

(Functional configuration of the billing system according to the second embodiment)
As shown in FIG. 5, the transponder 10 according to the second embodiment does not include the charge determination information storage unit 103, the charge determination information transmission processing unit 104, the vehicle information management unit 105, and the radio wave reception interface 110. In that respect, it differs from the transponder 10 according to the first embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 5, the smartphone, which is the terminal device 20 according to the second embodiment, is different from the terminal device 20 according to the first embodiment in that it further includes a vehicle information management unit 206 and a radio wave receiving interface 230. ing.

The vehicle information management unit 206 included in the terminal device 20 according to the second embodiment functions in the same manner as the vehicle information management unit 105 included in the transponder 10 according to the first embodiment. That is, for example, the vehicle information management unit 206 periodically sets the current position of the user U boarding the vehicle 2 as the current position of the vehicle 2 based on the information of the radio wave from the GNSS satellite 5 received via the radio wave receiving interface 230. The traveling route and traveling speed of the vehicle 2 may be determined from the calculated change amount of the current position of the vehicle 2. The vehicle information management unit 206 may store the determined travel route and travel speed of the vehicle 2 in the setting information storage unit 205 as charge determination information.

The radio wave receiving interface 230 included in the terminal device 20 according to the second embodiment functions in the same manner as the radio wave receiving interface 110 included in the transponder 10 according to the first embodiment. That is, the radio wave receiving interface 230 is configured to receive radio waves from the GNSS satellite 5.

As shown in FIG. 5, the service system management server 3 according to the second embodiment further includes a charge determination information storage unit 301 and a charge determination information transmission processing unit 304, and is related to the first embodiment. It is different from the service system management server 3.

The charge determination information storage unit 301 included in the service system management server 3 according to the second embodiment functions in the same manner as the charge determination information storage unit 103 included in the transponder 10 according to the first embodiment. That is, the charge determination information storage unit 301 is configured to store charge determination information for determining the charge related to the vehicle 2. Specifically, the charge determination information storage unit 301 may store the vehicle type, license plate information, and vehicle inspection information of the vehicle 2 in advance as charge determination information. In the charge determination information storage unit 301 according to the second embodiment, the vehicle type, license plate information, and vehicle inspection information of the vehicle 2 are used as the charge determination information with the identification ID of the transponder 10 mounted on the vehicle 2. It is associated and remembered.

The charge determination information transmission processing unit 304 included in the service system management server 3 according to the second embodiment functions in the same manner as the charge determination information transmission processing unit 104 included in the transponder 10 according to the first embodiment. That is, the charge determination information transmission processing unit 304 acquires the charge determination information stored in the charge determination information storage unit 301, and the acquired charge determination is performed while the terminal device 20 and the transponder 10 are linked. It is configured to perform a transmission process for transmitting information for use to the terminal device 20. In the charge determination information transmission processing unit 304 according to the second embodiment, the charge determination information for requesting the charge determination information transmitted from the charge determination information acquisition unit 202 of the terminal device 20 to the service system management server 3 Upon receiving the information request, the charge determination information storage unit 301 is configured to acquire the charge determination information and transmit the acquired charge determination information to the terminal device 20.

(Processing flow of operation of transponder and terminal device according to the second embodiment)
The difference between the processing in the billing system 1 according to the second embodiment shown in FIG. 5 and the processing in the billing system 1 according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 3 is that the processing in step S110 is eliminated and steps S131 to S131 to 1 The process of S133 is added, and the process of step S111 is changed to step S111a and step S111b. The other processing is the same as the processing flow of the billing system 1 according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 3, and thus the description thereof will be omitted.

In the second embodiment, the identification ID reception unit 201 of the terminal device 20 transmits a reception notification signal indicating that the identification ID of the transponder 10 has been received to the transponder 10 via the first communication interface 210 (step S108). ) Later, the charge determination information acquisition unit 202 of the terminal device 20 transmits a charge determination information request requesting charge determination information to the service system management server 3 (step S131). The charge determination information request may include an identification ID that identifies the transponder 10 mounted on the vehicle 2 used by the user 2.

When the charge determination information transmission processing unit 304 of the service system management server 3 receives the charge determination information request from the charge determination information acquisition unit 202 of the terminal device 20 (step S132), it is included in the charge determination information request. Based on the identification ID, the charge determination information (vehicle type, license plate information, and vehicle inspection information of the vehicle 2) associated with the identification ID is acquired from the charge determination information storage unit 301 and transmitted to the terminal device 20. (Step S133).

The charge determination information acquisition unit 202 communicates with the service system management server 3 to acquire charge determination information (vehicle type of vehicle 2, license plate information, and vehicle inspection information) (step S110a). More specifically, the charge determination information acquisition unit 202 receives the charge determination information transmitted from the charge determination information transmission processing unit 304 of the service system management server 3 via the second communication interface 220. , Acquire the charge determination information (step S110a).

Further, the fare determination information acquisition unit 202 periodically acquires the fare determination information (travel route, mileage of the vehicle 2) stored in the setting information storage unit 205 (step S110b). For example, in the charge determination information acquisition unit 202, the vehicle information management unit 206 periodically stores the travel route and travel speed of the vehicle 2 as charge determination information in the setting information storage unit 205. The charge determination information (traveling route and mileage of the vehicle 2) stored from the above may be periodically acquired, or may be periodically or irregularly acquired at other timings.

(Action, effect)
As described above, in the terminal device 20 included in the billing system 1 according to the second embodiment, the charge determination information acquisition unit 202 communicates with the service system management server 3 to acquire the charge determination information.
In this way, since the terminal device 20 acquires the charge determination information from the service system management server 3 instead of the transponder 10, it is not necessary for the transponder 10 to provide the function of storing the charge determination information. The cost of the transponder 10 can be reduced.
Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the cost of the transponder 10 can be further reduced by providing the vehicle information management unit 206 for determining the traveling route and the traveling distance of the vehicle 2 not in the transponder 10 but in the terminal device 20.

FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram showing a configuration of a computer according to at least one embodiment.
The computer 9 includes a CPU 91, a main storage device 92, an auxiliary storage device 93, and an interface 94.
The terminal device 20 described above includes a computer 9. The operation of each processing unit described above is stored in the auxiliary storage device 93 in the form of a program. The CPU 91 reads a program from the auxiliary storage device 93, expands it to the main storage device 92, and executes the above processing according to the program. For example, the above-mentioned identification ID reception unit 201, charge determination information acquisition unit 202, charge determination unit 203, and charge information transmission processing unit 204 may be the CPU 91.
Further, the CPU 91 secures a storage area corresponding to the above-mentioned database in the main storage device 92 or the auxiliary storage device 93 according to the program. For example, the setting information storage unit 205 of the terminal device 20 described above may be secured in the auxiliary storage device 93.

Further, the transponder 10 described above may include a computer similar to the computer 9, and the identification ID transmission processing unit 102, the charge determination information transmission processing unit 104, and the vehicle information management unit 105 of the transponder 10 are the same as the CPU 91. It may be a CPU. Further, the identification ID storage unit 101 and the charge determination information storage unit 103 of the transponder 10 may be secured in the same auxiliary storage device as the auxiliary storage device 93.

Further, the service system management server 3 described above may include a computer similar to the computer 9, and the charge determination information transmission processing unit 304 of the service system management server 3 may be a CPU similar to the CPU 91. Further, the charge determination information storage unit 301 of the service system management server 3 may be secured in the same auxiliary storage device as the auxiliary storage device 93.

Examples of the auxiliary storage device 93 include HDD (Hard Disk Drive), SSD (SolID State Drive), magnetic disk, optical magnetic disk, CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory), and DVD-ROM (Digital Versatile Disc Read Only). Memory), semiconductor memory, and the like. The auxiliary storage device 93 may be internal media directly connected to the bus of computer 9, or external media connected to computer 9 via an interface 94 or a communication line. When this program is distributed to the computer 9 via a communication line, the distributed computer 9 may expand the program to the main storage device 92 and execute the above processing. In at least one embodiment, the auxiliary storage device 93 is a non-temporary tangible storage medium.

Further, the program may be for realizing a part of the above-mentioned functions. Further, the program may be a so-called difference file (difference program) that realizes the above-mentioned function in combination with another program already stored in the auxiliary storage device 93.

Although some embodiments of the present invention have been described above, these embodiments are presented as examples and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the gist of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof shall be included in the scope of the invention described in the claims and the equivalent scope thereof, as well as in the scope and gist of the invention.

According to the terminal device, transponder, billing system, billing method, and billing program described above, the vehicle can be correctly associated with the terminal device owned by the vehicle user, and the vehicle user charges the vehicle. It can be collected accurately.

1 Billing system 2 Vehicle 3 Service system management server 4 Payment account management server 5 Satellite 9 Computer 10 Transponder 20 Terminal device 91 CPU
92 Main storage device 93 Auxiliary storage device 94 Interface 101 Identification ID storage unit 102 Identification ID transmission processing unit 103 Charge determination information storage unit 104 Charge determination information transmission processing unit 105 Vehicle information management unit 110 Radio reception interface 120 Communication interface 201 Identification ID reception unit 202 Charge determination information acquisition unit 203 Charge determination unit 204 Charge information transmission processing unit 205 Setting information storage unit 206 Vehicle information management unit 210 First communication interface 220 Second communication interface 301 Charge determination information storage unit 304 Information transmission processing unit for charge determination N Communication network U User

Claims (10)

A terminal device owned by a vehicle user
An identification ID reception unit that accepts an identification ID that can uniquely identify the transponder mounted on the vehicle to be used, and an identification ID reception unit.
While the identified transponder and the terminal device communicate with each other and cooperate with each other, a charge determination information acquisition unit that acquires charge determination information for determining the charge related to the vehicle from the transponder, and a charge determination information acquisition unit.
Based on the acquired information for determining the charge, the charge determination unit that determines the charge and the charge determination unit
A billing information transmission processing unit that associates the determined charge with the payment account ID recorded in advance in the terminal device and transmits the charge to the service system management server.
A terminal device comprising. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the charge determination information includes at least one of a travel route, a mileage, a vehicle type, a license plate information, and a vehicle inspection information of the vehicle being used by the user. The charge determination information acquisition unit periodically acquires the charge determination information from the transponder while the identified transponder and the terminal device communicate with each other and cooperate with each other. The terminal device described in. The terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the charge determination unit determines the charge when the cooperation between the transponder and the terminal device is completed. A transponder mounted on a vehicle
An identification ID storage unit that stores an identification ID that can uniquely identify the transponder mounted on the vehicle, and an identification ID storage unit.
An identification ID transmission processing unit that transmits the identification ID to a terminal device owned by the user of the vehicle, and
A charge determination information storage unit that stores charge determination information for determining the charge for the vehicle, and a charge determination information storage unit.
While the terminal device and the transponder are linked, the charge determination information transmission processing unit that transmits the charge determination information to the terminal device, and the charge determination information transmission processing unit.
A transponder equipped with. The charge determination information transmission processing unit periodically transmits the charge determination information to the terminal device while the terminal device and the transponder are linked.
The transponder according to claim 5. The transponder according to claim 6, wherein the charge determination information includes at least one of a travel route, a mileage, a vehicle type, a license plate information, and a vehicle inspection information of the vehicle being used by the user. The terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 4.
The transponder according to any one of claims 5 to 7, and the transponder.
Billing system with. It is a billing method using a terminal device owned by the vehicle user.
An identification ID reception step that accepts an identification ID that can uniquely identify the transponder mounted on the vehicle to be used, and an identification ID reception step.
While the identified transponder and the terminal device communicate with each other and cooperate with each other, a charge determination information acquisition step of acquiring charge determination information for determining the charge related to the vehicle from the transponder, and a charge determination information acquisition step.
Based on the acquired information for determining the charge, the charge determination step for determining the charge and the charge determination step
A billing information transmission processing step of associating the determined charge with the payment account ID recorded in advance in the terminal device and transmitting the charge to the service system management server.
Billing method with. A computer as a terminal device owned by a vehicle user,
An identification ID reception unit that accepts an identification ID that can uniquely identify the transponder mounted on the vehicle to be used, and an identification ID reception unit.
While the identified transponder and the terminal device communicate with each other and cooperate with each other, a charge determination information acquisition unit that acquires charge determination information for determining the charge related to the vehicle from the transponder, and a charge determination information acquisition unit.
Based on the acquired information for determining the charge, the charge determination unit that determines the charge and the charge determination unit
A billing information transmission processing unit that associates the determined charge with the payment account ID recorded in advance in the terminal device and transmits the charge to the service system management server.
A billing program that works.

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